Childs Road Films

After her baby breaks her nose and the day goes to crap, Ma accidentally rips off her face in the family bathroom. With only a blank in its place, she sets out to find a new one before her baby wakes — but rediscovering herself proves harder than breastfeeding with mastitis.Starring Aisling Loftus (War and Peace) and Steven Miller (Dept Q), After Birth is a psychological body-horror written and directed by Amy Cudden, due for release in 2026.A winner of the UVFF Short Film Fund powered by Genera Films, longlisted for the BFI Short Film Fund and currently longlisted for the Unsolicited Scripts Short Film Fund.

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Maggie's mother told her she was a monster, too disfigured to love. Now she’s dead, and Maggie is going back to where it all started. Trapped between the lure of belonging and the weight of her past, Maggie’s desire to be the pretty girl her mother always wanted may unearth a monster after all.Written by Amy Cudden.

Two orphaned siblings find themselves thrown into the care of a long-lost relative at his run-down junkyard. Desperate to leave but with nowhere to go, they begin to investigate their mysterious uncle, setting their course for an adventure to save their parents and find their way home — all in time for Christmas.
Written by Amy Cudden.

Childs Road Films is a UK TV and film production company founded by sisters Lucy and Amy Cudden, with a focus on underrepresented female-centric genre narratives.